Tuesday, 3 June 2025

Update from the Painting Desk

 A bit of a mixed bag tonight - the first figures were finished off over the long weekend, but the majority of them have been sitting waiting to be photographed for several weeks

So - first up - 10mm EIR Romans - Auxilia infantry, to be precise


Three units in total have been completed - the last stand of the red unit were based yesterday


The blue auxilia


The red auxilia


The white auxilia




For some reason, there was an extra base, so the white auxilia got them!






Here are the first three of the 28mm 3d prints from local supplier Pot Belly Miniatures


Standard bearer


NCO



Officer



I thought they seemed "chunky", but a comparison with other 28mm plastic Russian figures indicated they are about average - L-R Pot Belly, Warlord, Plastic Soldier Company, Pot Belly, Wargames Factory and JJG 3d print of a female soldier.

Also completed over the long weekend was the second Pot Belly T34/85, seen below in both natural (garden) light and on the painting desk










Talking of natural light and the garden, here are a couple of pics of the day that greeted us on the first day of winter, 1 June - not too shabby, although relatively cool, by our sub-tropical standards



And finally - I have done the deed and ordered a small sample of 3d printed scenery from Temu! Unfortunately, although there are dozens of options, they seem to basically be almost all the same, or very similar - and 90% are DnD - so I got the ones I thought might work ok for the ruins of Berlin or other German cities - after all Gothic architecture is popular in DnD - but it also actually exists in the real world - so these ruins of cathedrals etc could be the ruin of an ACTUAL German cathedral (or a Russian one, at a push)!


I will update when they arrive - ordered yesterday, I already have a tracking number - and if they take more than 9 days to get here, I will get $5 off!

35 comments:

  1. Great looking Auxilia, tons of detail for teeny tiny types! 3d prints look good, nice T34/85 too, you really could just chop up some foamboard and paint it with masonary paint for terrain Keith, save you lots of money?!
    Best Iain

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    1. Thanks, Iain - and re the terrain, yes, that possibility is on the cards as well (channeling my inner Mark, by copying his recent Ostfront terrain ideas!) - along with (possibly) some Renendra plastic kits.....

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    2. What I have found works well , especially if you're not offended by the scale difference is using the Tamiya 1/35 brick wall kit and combining it with foamboard and a little bit of filler to cover the join, the foamboard does most of the work but the plastic gives you the detail?
      Best Iain

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    3. Hmmm...interesting...thanks for the tip!

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  2. Those Auxillia units look good, but I do really like the 3D printed Russians:). The T-34/85 looks very nice too, along with some nice sunshine for your first day of Winter. Here wet today and not long before the Longest Day, which always seem to suddenly be upon us!

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    1. Thanks Steve - more 3D Russians soon! I think most British bloggers have been mentioning an unaccustomed run of decent weather of late, including your good self?! Your longest day is, of course, our shortest - 22 or 23 June I think?

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    2. Normally around the 21st Keith, with Mid-Summers day about 3 days later.

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  3. A mixed bag of offerings but what a nice mixed bag it is! Nice!

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    1. Thanks Jon, butterfly painting as well as butterfly purchasing! 🦋

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  4. Busy time Keith and well worth it by the look of it, more lovely little Romans to add to your growing army and the Red army figures look really good as does the tank, cracking work all round.

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    1. Thanks a lot, Donnie, a bit more to come shortly!

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    1. Thank you Michal....glad you liked the pics!

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  6. Great work all round Keith. The shade of green on the T34 really comes to life in the natural light.

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    1. Thanks Lawrence. Maybe I should use natural light more often....although it's the wrong time of year to make that change, probably!

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  7. I really like the look of those Romans, great figures to paint up

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  8. Lovely weather here…and lovely minis there. Really digging those 10mm lads. You must have quite a few by now.

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    1. Thanks JBM....I like the 10mm Romans too, and I do have a decent number in the collection now!

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  9. Great looking Romans Keith.
    The Russian figures all seem to match well and look great together.
    I hope the Temu purchase works out. Does Temu add GST/VAT to the purchase price? Aliexpress does for Australia.

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    1. Thanks Ben! As to GST, it says on their website that it is included, so no issues with NZ Customs.

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  10. Lots of productivity Keith I do like the Romans 👍

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    1. Thanks Matt - the 10mm Romans do seem to be a crowd favourite!

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  11. Outstanding units. They look amazing Keith.

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  12. outstanding work there Keith. They all look the business. 😁

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  13. You have certainly been busy Keith…
    I do love the little Romans…. If anything was going to tempt me into the 3d printed world it would be these…

    All the best. Aly

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    1. Thanks Aly...busy, but in a good way!
      Yes the Cromarty Forge figures are really very good!

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  14. Some great looking figures Keith. The Pot Belly figures look great They fit in very well with the other figures.

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    1. Cheers Ray - I like them too! Probably be getting a few more in the not-too-distant future!

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  15. Love those 10mm Romans. So many players I know are starting 10mm - large units, lots of them. They look spectacular en masse!

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    1. Thanks John - yes, the 10mm stuff has a real attraction for that reason - I can imagine collecting horse and musket armies in that scale too, although I probably won't, given I have so many 28mm collections already.....

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  16. Wonderful painting of a marvellous variety of figures for an above average vegemite sanger post Keith.
    I saw 'black unit' for your Roman white auxilia as the black undercoat dominated for me! :)
    Best wishes, James

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    1. Yes, I know what you mean, James, the undercoat does dominate the shields, and they are about 50% of the colour of the figures!

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